The state is going to appeal Wednesday’s decision in Marion Superior Court that it pay IBM $52 million for ending early
its billion-dollar contract with the company to update the state’s welfare system.

Carolyn Dudley’s husband, Indiana State Trooper Gary Dudley, was killed six years ago when he was struck by a freight
truck during a charity bike ride in Vermillion County. A short video about his life, and the event that caused his death,
was critical to winning a settlement in a wrongful death case against the trucking company.

The Department of Child Services’ failure to investigate a child’s aunt as a possible adoptive parent –
and a trial court’s refusal to allow DCS to withdraw consent for foster parents to adopt after acknowledging its failure
– prompted the Indiana Court of Appeals to reverse a trial court order granting the foster parents’ petition to
adopt.

The Indiana Supreme Court clarified the ambiguity within its precedent on the issue of whether an incarcerated defendant has
the right to be tried within 70 days under Indiana Criminal Rule 4(B) when the defendant is being held for an unrelated offense
and not on the charges for which the speedy trial is demanded.

After Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White was found guilty of six felony charges Feb. 4, Gov. Mitch Daniels appointed
Jerry Bonnet as interim secretary of state. A convicted felon cannot hold statewide office in Indiana.

A Marion County judge violated a defendant’s right to due process when it allowed the charge of resisting law enforcement
to go to trial even though the defendant showed purposeful discrimination by the prosecution during voir dire, the Indiana
Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.

The Indiana Court of Appeals has accepted an interlocutory appeal addressing whether a southern Indiana prosecutor should
be able to stay on the third triple-murder trial of former Indiana State Police trooper David Camm

A Marion Superior judge has ordered Indiana state officials to turn over thousands of documents relating to the state’s
cancellation of a welfare system modernization, ruling on an issue of first impression about whether a “deliberative
processes” executive privilege exists in Indiana.

A trial court was correct in dismissing the petition for judicial review from a liquor wholesaler who challenged the issuance
of a wine and liquor permit to a competitor because the wholesaler lacked standing, ruled the Indiana Court of Appeals.

The Indiana Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial for a surgeon accused of medical malpractice during a stem cell collection
procedure in which the patient died, finding that the trial court didn’t follow protocol in examining a potential juror’s
impartiality and deciding whether to strike that person from the jury pool.

The conviction of a man on human trafficking charges Tuesday is the first time the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office
has convicted someone on that charge since the state’s human trafficking law was enacted in 2007.

A House bill dealing with problem-solving courts and a Senate bill that involves administrative proceedings and administrative
law judge disqualifications have made it out of their respective judiciary committees.

The Indiana Court of Appeals tackled an issue of first impression in a case involving double jeopardy principles. A defendant’s
sentence was enhanced under the Firearm Enhancement Statute following a conviction for reckless homicide.